Deadly Destinations: Tiffany Trent & win THE UNNATURALISTS

Today’s Deadly Destination is from Tiffany Trent in the form of A Young Lady’s Guide to Conducting Herself While Abroad, Distributed by Miss Marmalade’s Seminary for Young Ladies of Quality from THE UNNATURALISTS (published on August 14th 2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers). Want to win a copy? Enter via the widget below.

A Young Lady’s Guide to Conducting Herself While Abroad

Distributed by Miss Marmalade’s Seminary for Young Ladies of Quality

While the Seminary encourages Young Ladies to travel abroad for further enrichment in their necessary studies, it also urges strict caution when doing so. All young ladies should of course travel with their families or a chaperone, but should disaster strike, it behooves a Lady of Quality to be prepared.

Here, then, are preparation reminders for whichever point of the compass you dare to travel:

To Points West, including Scientia – Should you travel this route, you will most likely take airship from New London to Scientia. Your only concern will be safe passage across the Creeping Waste. In all history, only one ship has succumbed, so there is not much to fear by this route. (And should the ship fail, be assured that your ending will be instant and graceful).

If you are traveling by steamship, carry the Sigils of Logic against water Elementals. They will attempt to charm you from the ship into the water, whereupon they will perform all sorts of indignities to your person before you drown. But they are frightened of anything that smacks of Logic and will release you if you press the cold iron image of Saint Boole against their skin. Above all, be very certain that you’ve established passage on a rescue boat, should danger arise.

Once in Scientia, you are protected much as you are within the Walls of New London.

Have a care for the necropolis there, however! Rumor has it that it is haunted by an ancient warlock who seeks souls to power his army of automatons. Most fortunately, a warding wall has been built around the necropolis and no one lives there now. Still, best to be on your guard.

To Points South, including Newtonia – You will likely take a steamship to Newtonia and other points south, as long-distance airships have not yet found a reliable way to cross the Winedark Sea for any great distance. You should therefore prepare for similar possibilities as those described in the previous reference. Sigils of Logic are helpful, as well as the catechism of Saint Halley regarding the Scientific Miracle of the Diving Bell.

It is advised that you take a sylphid blouse and veil when walking abroad in Newtonia. Even with proper wards, the area is often swarmed with great clouds of tiny biting sylphids. Southern sylphids are much more beautiful and charming than our northern ones, and are often mistaken for dragonflies. Do not trust them, however. They are vicious.

Beware entering the southern stinkswamps, which breed the aforementioned plagues of sylphids, the infamous Grue, and similar bedevilments. If you are stranded there, no handbill in this world can help you.

To Points North — No one is permitted to travel to the Myth Mountains in the North, save the mythminers and occasionally their kin. The high mountain passes are treacherous and prolonged exposure to myth can cause hallucinations. Young Ladies of Quality never travel North.

To Points East, toward Mendel– Here There Be Dragons. Or Wyverns at least. True Dragons have not been seen in many an age, and we can all be very thankful for that. Should you travel overland toward the hamlets of Mendel, you will require nulling armor and a mythwork carriage, for certain. The Eastern Forests are treacherous and only the most enterprising of young women will endure.

Giveaway provided by Tiffany Trent
One copy of THE UNNATURALISTS by Tiffany Trent

Published on August 14th 2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Description:

In an alternate London where magical creatures are preserved in a museum, two teens find themselves caught in a web of intrigue, deception, and danger.

Vespa Nyx wants nothing more than to spend the rest of her life cataloging Unnatural creatures in her father’s museum, but as she gets older, the requirement to become a lady and find a husband is looming large. Syrus Reed’s Tinker family has always served and revered the Unnaturals from afar, but when his family is captured to be refinery slaves, he finds that his fate may be bound up with Vespa’s—and with the Unnaturals.

As the danger grows, Vespa and Syrus find themselves in a tightening web of deception and intrigue. At stake may be the fate of New London—and the world.

eli yanti

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Loved the post!!! I wanted to read the book before but I especially now want to Congrats on the new release! It sounds fantastic! I love the growth of the steampunk genre and I’m always on the look out for new editions. This sounds fabulous!

Kimberly S

I have been a fan of alternate universes for over 50 years.. My library contains ACE paperbacks going all the way back to the early ’50’s. I would love to win a copy of this book to add to my growing collection of Steampunk literature.

Sandyg265

What was really difficult was merging two characters into one. I hated giving up the character I loved, but the book was much stronger for not having him AND the other character. Took A LOT of work to do that.

I am not sure what made me decide, but I knew from age 9 that writing was what I wanted to do. What made it seem like a possibility to me was receiving a signed letter back from Madeleine L’Engle. That signature has stayed in my memory, because to my 9-yr. old self that meant that a real person had written the book I loved. Maybe I could do the same. It took me much longer to realize my dream, but I finally did so in 2007 with my first book, In the Serpent’s Coils.

Kristia

It came about because of so many things. But it was mostly due to my interest in Victorian naturalists and their discoveries and the flamewars they used to get into with one another. I wondered what would happen if a Victorian naturalist ever ended up in Fairyland. THE UNNATURALISTS is the answer.

Samantha D

I’ve been to several and have a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, actually. So, yes…LOTS of workshops, to tell you the truth. What has worked best for me is working intensively with a small group of professionals I trust at writing retreats. I imagine a writer’s group could serve the same function, though I don’t belong to one at present.

This has been on my TBR list for awhile, not just because it’s a steampunk, but also because of the story. I’d love to read/review this one. Thank you very much for the opportunity to win, and for the post to make me further salivate.

Danielle B

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Alyssa Susanna

Oooooo a new steampunk! Tiffany – what made you choose Steampunk!? Especially with Suzanne Lazea’s Innocent Darkness, Kady Cross’s The Girl in the Steel Corset and The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (and I’m sure there are more).
Thanks for the giveaway!

I have to say that I didn’t realize I’d written steampunk, at first. I was just interested in the Victorian era and then noticed that many of my fellow authors shared that interest. I’m glad there are so many of us!

In THE UNNATURALISTS, I’d probably have the best relationship with Syrus, I think. (Though Vespa and I have a lots in common!) In HALLOWMERE, I’ve always had a special place in my heart for Euan, the Fey Prince, even if he is rather awful.

Antoinette H.

The young lady on the cover is one of the main characters, Vespa Nyx. She’s shadowed by the smoke from the Refinery in the background, which becomes very important to the story. I tried very hard to imagine what the cover would look like before this design was shown to me and honestly it’s even better than I could have dreamed.

Quite an entertaining post to read. I like the place names too, they all rolling off the tongue with ease. Your alternate London sounds fascinating to explore too. Was it hard thinking of these place names? Thanks for the giveaway.

Funny you should ask. At first, I had named everything after gems. But my agent kind of didn’t like that and the more I thought about it, the more I liked the implication of naming things after famous scientists, knowledge, and the London from which the City sprang.

eli yanti

Ileana A.

:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OMG! OMG! OMG! I almost miss this one too!
THE UNNATURALISTS!! THE UNNATURALISTS!! THE UNNATURALISTS!!
I’ve been dying to read this one so so bad!! I almost miss a chance!
Thanks for the giveaway!

Bethie

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